Re: Who HATES the term MURSE?

Thats funny as hell. What personn would actually take that to heart. If a male nurse is a murse, than a female nurse is a furse or a herse. before some brain child calls nursing a female role, the first recorded nurses were men. The reason that women have exploded into the work force is directly from men have historically killed themselves off during times of war. If all of your men folk are off fighting and dying, stands to reason that women should and have filled those position normally held by men.

Re: Who HATES the term MURSE?

Originally Posted by UMichSCN07

I suppose I'm a bit of a hypocrite when it comes to the term. I refer to myself as a "murse" on occasion, but mostly only around other "murses" or people who remember the episode of Scrubs when J.D. used the term to describe Elliot's boyfriend.
Mike in Michigan

Don't forget that at the end of the episode of Scrubs where everyone was using "murse", Dr. Reid was sitting in the lunchroom and surrounded by docs razzing her for dating a murse. Remember the last line of the episode was her offhandedly shutting them all up by saying, "Please. You all WISH you could bag a nurse."

Re: Who HATES the term MURSE?

Originally Posted by hearticulture

Just checking in with all the hombres...
Most guys I know are ambivilent to the term, but is there anyone else who just DETESTS being called a murse?
B in VA

Well, to me that's a new one. I've never heard of anyone anywhere ever being called a "murse". All I can say is that I sure hope that it *doesn't* catch on....

Myself, I prefer the credential designations - "RN", "LPN", "CNA", "NP", etc.

Re: Who HATES the term MURSE?

Originally Posted by Spidey's mom

I truly dislike the term "murse".



We are nurses. Registered Nurses.



steph

I guess many guys' reaction is a sort of easygoing "so what" but I've gone through quite a bit to get to where I am in my nursing education, and have a bit to go yet. I will eventually be an RN. In a professional setting, it does matter what you are called, or what you allow yourself to be called IMO. If you want people to take you seriously that is. I'm 56 and getting into this as a second career, so like another poster mentioned, I too am way beyond "cute". Just my

Re: Who HATES the term MURSE?

Originally Posted by AZ_RN2B

Myself, I prefer the credential designations - "RN", "LPN", "CNA", "NP", etc.

More professional....I agree.